Ferant
Sir Ferant of Spain is a knight attested in Le Morte d'Arthur, appearing in a single episode where he confronts Sir Florence during a skirmish over foraged beasts.
Sir Ferant of Spain is a knight attested in Le Morte d'Arthur, appearing in a single episode where he confronts Sir Florence during a skirmish over foraged beasts. His appearance is brief but dramatic -- he arrives on horseback from the woods, challenges Florence, and is killed, prompting his followers to seek vengeance (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V, Chapter XI).
Le Morte d'Arthur presents Ferant in two connected moments within the same passage. First, his entrance: "Sir Ferant of Spain on a fair steed came springing out of the woods, and came to Sir Florence and asked him why he fled" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V, Chapter XI). The descriptor "of Spain" marks him as a Saracen knight, and his challenge to Florence frames the encounter as a matter of martial honour. The second attestation records the immediate aftermath of his death: "Then all the other were moved, and thought to avenge the death of Sir Ferant, and smote in among them, and there was great fight" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book V, Chapter XI). Ferant's death serves as the catalyst for a larger battle, with Florence and his hundred knights holding their ground against the avenging force.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition